“If you have the option between a 45 minute layover and two hour layover, pick the two hours,” said Megan Homme in a video that recently resurfaced.
There are too many people that make the wrong choice and she’s here to explain why.
As it turns out, she has a lot of support in the comment section because people had to learn their lesson the hard way.
“I will NEVER do a layover that is less than an hour,” one woman shared with the viewers at home.
“Last time I did a 40 minute layover in O’Hare [Chicago O’Hare International Airport] I was SPRINTING across the airport bc [because] the plane took 30 minutes to de-board,” another continued. “Once thought 1 hour was a good enough layover … I was wrong. Never again!” wrote a third viewer.
Megan went on to explain her rationale even further.
“It’s pretty common for a flight to get delayed say 15-20 minutes. If you book a 45 minute layover and your first flight gets delayed at all, you’re probably not going to make it [to your next flight],” she says.
“And don’t necessarily think, ‘Oh, I’ll just get on the next flight,’ because that flight might be full,” she adds.
@meganhomme Replying to @kikiana.t spilling all the tea now #traveltips #travelhacks #airport #flying
When Homme was asked by a fellow traveler about their 1 hour and 40 minute layover and she let them know that this an ideal amount of time. She used to work for United Airlines.
This is a really good tip, if we do say so ourselves. Yes, you might be waiting a little while longer to get to your destination, but guess what? You would be waiting a lot longer than that if you end up missing your connecting flight because you did not give yourself enough time.